[Nik Naym]

No prob.

Common misconception.

Just like people think the "duck and cover" thing was stupid because it won't protect you from a nuclear blast. It wasn't supposed to. It was to protect you from the FLASH and the resultant burns. After Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we found that many individuals were burned except where the skin was covered even if only by thin clothing. Duck and cover was to protect the eyes and skin from burning.If you were far enough away that was what would kill you fastest. Then after the flash and before the fallout arrived you ran to a fallout shelter.

Not much in the old Civil Defense plan was intended to protect the public from a nuclear hit. They pretty much knew those under the blast were goners and so were written off.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks. Good points...